Finally a breakthrough slam for Grigor Dimitrov.
The Bulgarian gets to the final 8 at the Australian Open beating a sticky Roberto Bautista-Agut.
The Spaniard was coming from a great tournament after having upset Del Potro in the 2nd round he has also beaten an always dangerous Benoit Paire in the 3rd round in 3 straight and easy sets.
Grigor played a very good tennis to be broken only once (in the 2nd set). Then he has managed to break his opponent once in the f1st and 4th set and twice in the third to finally win 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-4. Match Stats
Dimitrov: It’s nice to see results from hard work
The world no.22 commented “I’m really happy to be in the quarter-finals. I’ve been working really hard in the past year, especially in the off-season. So it’s nice to see this result.”
The quarters vs. Rafa
Grigor will play Rafael Nadal in the quarters. Head to head is 3-0 for the Spaniard, but Grigor has always managed to grab a set from Nadal.
